CCCHAPS Academy
Chaplain Training Academy
Training future workplace chaplains. Strengthening experienced chaplains.
The California Corporate Chaplains Chaplain Training Academy is a professional development program focused on the practical skills, judgment, and character required to serve well in workplace and corporate environments.
The Academy is active and accepting applications. Additional courses, learning formats, and professional-development opportunities will continue to be added as the Academy grows.
About the Academy
A professional development pathway for workplace chaplaincy.
Corporate and workplace chaplaincy is a distinct discipline. It calls for calm presence, disciplined confidentiality, cultural humility, sound referral judgment, and a professional posture that fits the workplace — not the pulpit and not the therapy room.
The CCCHAPS Chaplain Training Academy is designed to develop those exact skills. Whether you are exploring workplace chaplaincy for the first time or you are an experienced chaplain strengthening your workplace-care skill set, the Academy meets you where you are and grows you toward professional workplace practice.
The Academy is currently accepting applications. Additional courses, learning formats, and professional-development opportunities will continue to be added as the Academy grows.
Three Academy Tracks
Three Tracks at a Glance
Choose the pathway that fits your season of professional development. The review team will confirm the best-fit track with you after your application.
Track One
Workplace Chaplain Development
Designed for
Individuals interested in becoming workplace/corporate chaplains or developing foundational workplace-chaplaincy skills.
Primary focus
- Workplace chaplaincy fundamentals
- Ministry of presence and active listening
- Confidentiality and professional boundaries
- Supporting diverse employees and families
- Grief, crisis, serious illness, and workplace-care fundamentals
- Professional communication, ethics, and appropriate referral
Best next step
Apply to the Chaplain Training Academy.
Track Two
Continuing Education & Professional Development
Designed for
Current chaplains, pastors, ministers, spiritual-care professionals, and experienced helping professionals seeking to strengthen practical workplace-care skills.
Primary focus
- Advanced workplace-care skills
- Grief and bereavement support
- Crisis and critical-incident awareness
- Compassion fatigue and burnout
- Trauma and moral-injury awareness
- Leadership and organizational support
- Professional boundaries, ethics, and referral
- Continuing skill development for workplace chaplaincy
Best next step
Apply and identify your continuing-education interests.
Track Three
Hospice Chaplaincy
Practicing From Diagnosis to Goodbye
From the book to the bedside — learn to apply patient-centered hospice chaplaincy principles throughout the end-of-life journey.
Designed for
Pastors, chaplains, ministers, and spiritual-care providers who want to take the principles presented in From Diagnosis to Goodbye and learn how to practice them in real hospice ministry.
Primary focus
- Applied patient-centered hospice chaplaincy
- Presence with patients and families through decline
- Anticipatory grief and family-system dynamics
- End-of-life conversations without a preaching posture
- Coordinating with hospice interdisciplinary teams
- Bereavement support after the death
Best next step
Explore the dedicated Track Three specialty page.
Training schedules and specific learning opportunities are communicated as Academy offerings are scheduled.
Who the Academy is for
Professional development for a range of applicants.
The Academy is open to qualified applicants across the following broad categories. You do not need to identify with a particular role or title to apply.
Individuals exploring workplace chaplaincy
You want to learn what workplace chaplaincy is and whether the professional path is right for you.
Aspiring workplace chaplains
You are pursuing a professional path into corporate or workplace chaplaincy and want structured development.
Experienced chaplains and helping professionals
You are already a chaplain, pastor, minister, or spiritual-care professional strengthening workplace-care skills.
Future CCCHAPS candidates
You would like to be considered for future California Corporate Chaplains opportunities as they become available.
Training Focus Areas
Practical, workplace-tested skills.
The Academy focuses on the disciplines that matter most in workplace and corporate environments. Additional training areas will be added as the Academy grows.
- Workplace and corporate chaplaincy fundamentals
- Ministry of presence and active listening
- Confidentiality and professional boundaries
- Grief and bereavement support
- Serious illness and end-of-life support
- Workplace stress and emotional support
- Compassion fatigue and burnout
- Suicide awareness and appropriate referral
- Trauma, moral injury, and PTSD awareness
- Domestic violence and abuse awareness
- Substance-use concerns and appropriate referral
- Workplace conflict and de-escalation
- Crisis and critical-incident response
- Supporting managers and organizational leaders
- Hospital and family visitation
- Ethical decision-making
- Cultural and belief-system sensitivity
- Professional communication
- Knowing when to refer to an EAP, licensed therapist, medical provider, emergency service, or other professional resource
How to Apply
A simple, professional application process.
Step 01
Submit your application
Share your background, primary reason for applying, training interests, and optional résumé.
Step 02
Application review
Our team reviews each application individually. We follow up as we work through the pipeline.
Step 03
Conversation and next steps
Qualified applicants are contacted to discuss fit, training focus, and next steps in the Academy.
Academy vs. Employment
Applying to the Academy is not applying for a job.
The Academy is a professional-development program. To apply for a specific CCCHAPS position, please use the Careers page. Academy applicants who indicate interest in future CCCHAPS chaplain opportunities will be reviewed separately as roles become available.
Employment Disclaimer
Academy application, participation, or completion does not guarantee employment, placement, assignment, deployment, or a position with California Corporate Chaplains. Employment decisions remain separate and are based on organizational needs, qualifications, screening, and applicable hiring requirements.
The CCCHAPS Chaplain Training Academy is a private professional-development program. It does not claim accreditation, state approval, academic credit, professional certification, or licensure. Applying to the Academy does not guarantee Academy acceptance.
Ready to apply to the CCCHAPS Chaplain Training Academy?
Applications are open. Share your background and training interests — a member of our team will review your application and follow up.